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The police response in the first 48 hours following the Christchurch mosque attacks has been deemed excellent, but a new report still makes more than 75 recommendations for improvements.

The release… Read more Video, Audio

The Whakatāne region is expecting a bumper summer, as Kiwis holiday at home and explore their own backyard.

While businesses directly affected by the Whakaari eruption have taken a big financial hit… Read more Audio

Central Otago orchard owners say the push for workers isn't over as they prepare for harvest season.

Today government ministers visited an apple orchard near Alexandra to speak with workers and… Read more Audio

A survivor from the Christchurch terror attacks says the greatest gift people can give his martyred wife is to learn the lesson from hate and make this country a safer place for all. Farid Ahmed's… Read more Video, Audio

A man who was shot nine times during the Christchurch terror attacks - believes it was preventable and the Royal Commission of Inquiry findings prove so.

The commission's report found lax practices… Read more Audio

There's been a tenfold increase in the number of norovirus outbreaks in pre-schools, kindergartens and daycares in Auckland, in the last month.

Auckland Regional Public Health Service says there were… Read more Audio

The embattled Ports of Auckland boss has appeared before Auckland Council for a grilling over mounting shipping delays.

The Ports are wholly owned by the council, and today chief executive Tony… Read more Video, Audio

Home ownership rates have hit a 70 year low and those working in housing are not at all surprised.

A new 150-page report from Stats NZ titled Housing in Aotearoa: 2020 reveals a grim portrait of the… Read more Audio

Emergency services are responding to a fire at Ponsonby Intermediate school in central Auckland.

The fire is understood to be in the school's techdome where art and textile classes are held.

Black… Read more Video, Audio

News from the business sector, including a market report. Video, Audio

Andrew Little is the Minister coordinating the response of the Royal Commission of Inquiry into the terrorist attack on Christchurch masjidain on 15 March 2019 report.

He joins Lisa Owen from the… Read more Video, Audio

'We should have been safe here' - the reaction this afternoon from Christchurch's Muslim communities.

The Imam of Al Noor mosque, Gamal Fouda, says he reported suspicious people around the Deans… Read more Video, Audio